CVE-2021-22685 Cassia Networks Access Controller Path Traversal

Medium 6.2 Published Updated

An attacker can view arbitrary files on the Cassia Networks Access Controller via a path traversal vulnerability in the minify route.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-22685?

CVE-2021-22685 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cassia Networks Access Controller, published on 14 Oct 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An attacker may be able to use minify route with a relative path to view any file on the Cassia Networks Access Controller prior to 2.0.1.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22685?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cassianetworks Access Controller.

How do I fix CVE-2021-22685?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22685 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2021-22685 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22685 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-95fj-76m5-w4rc.

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